AP Literature Terms Flashcards

4909798004	anaphora	the regular repetition of the same word or phrase at the beginning of two or more successive phrases or clauses.	0
4909798005	chiasmus	a reversal in the word order of words in two otherwise parallel sentences	1
4909798006	apostrophe	the direct address to an absent or dead person, or to an object, quality, or idea.	2
4909798007	hyperbole	a rhetorical figure in which emphasis is achieved through exaggeration	3
4909798008	metaphor	figurative language that describes something as though it actually were something else	4
4909798009	metonymy	the substitution of one term for another that is generally associated with it. (ex. the crown declared that the man would be executed.)	5
4909798010	synecdoche	a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole (ex. all hands on deck)	6
4909798011	onomatopoeia	the use of words that sound like a noise	7
4909798012	paradox	a statement or expression so surprisingly self-contradictory but ends up being true on some level	8
4909798013	parallelism	the use of similar grammatical structures or word order.	9
4909798014	personification	the use of human characteristics to describe animals, things, or ideas.	10
4909798015	point of view	the perspective that a narrator takes toward the events it describes	11
4909798017	pun	a witty word-play which reveals that words with different meanings have similar or even identical sounds	12
4909798018	satire	writing that ridicules or holds up to contempt the faults of individuals or groups	13
4909798019	polysyndeton	the repetition of conjunctions in a sentence	14
4909798020	asyndeton	the omission of conjunctions in a sentence	15
4909798021	archetype	a symbol found in many cultures	16
4909798022	dramatic irony	a situation where the audience knows something that the characters on stage are not aware of	17
4909798023	allusion	a reference to a piece of literature, character, historical figure that the author assumes the reader will recognize	18
4909798025	diction	the word choices made by a writer	19
4909798026	didactic	having the primary purpose of teaching or instructing	20
4909798029	exposition	the beginning portion of Freytag's pyramid where the background information, characters and setting are introduced	21
4909798032	denouement (catastrophe)	The final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work or the outcome of a complicated sequence of events	22
4909798034	theme	Central idea of a work of literature	23
4909798035	tone	A writer's attitude toward his or her subject matter revealed through diction, figurative language, and organization on the sentence and global levels.	24